Tool-holder.



No. 676,573. Patented lune l8, I90l.

G. W. BOWERS. v

TOOL HOLDER.

' (Application filed Jan. 13, 1900.) (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet l.

fnvenzanby .Qma 6 mb; his oQzzo rney m: uomm urn-1m 0Q. Moro-um. \qmmarou n. c.

Patented lune l8, 190i.

G. W. BUWERS.

TOOL HOLDER.

(Application flled'lq. 1900. (No Model.) 2 Sheefs-8hegt 2.

I Zflv'nesses: /4 a /4/;; Inventor.-

z w a M m: Mom m m. momun'o wunma'inn. o. c.

U ITED STATES PATENT oma.

GEORGE w. BOWERS, OF WALTHAM, MASSACHUSETTS.

TOOL-HOLDER.

EEEQIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 676,573, dated June 18, 1901.

I Application filed January 13, 1900. Serial No. 1,289. (No model.)

her A there is a laterally-projecting rest 6,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. BowERs, of Waltham, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tool-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

In many kinds of benchwork a large number of, small tools are required to be kept di rectly at hand, the character of the work requiring the use of one tool after another in great variety, and it is important that the tools shall be kept in an orderly manner, so that the right one can be found and readily obtained when desired, and also that they be kept where when not in use they will not be scattered over the bench and in the way of the workman.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple and compact tool-holder which can be secured to the Wall back of the workmans bench or to any suitable support, the tools being easily inserted and removed therefrom, as desired.

My invention will now be fully described, having reference to the accompanying drawings, and the novel features will be particularly pointed out in the claims at the close of this specification.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a tool-holder embodying my invention secured to a back support, the several arms being distended. Fig. 2 is a plan of the toolholder detached from the support and with the arms swung back together. Figs. 3, 4, and 5 are detail plan, side, and end views, respectively, of the fixed member A. Figs. 6 and 7 are detail views of the central member B. Figs. 8 and 9 are detail views of the third member 0.

The member A comprises a bar or arm 1, having a series of tool-holding sockets 2, projecting laterally therefrom and having ears 3 or other suitable construction by which it may be screwed to a support. The screwholes 5 in the ears 3 are preferably made open on the upper side and beveled, so that the screw-head may be countersunk and clamp the holder more firmly to the wall. By this form of construction the screws will clamp the holder rigidly even with the open-sided screw-holes. Near the outer end of the memwhich supports the outer end of the central member B when the member Bis swung back. The edge of the rest '6 has, preferably, a lip 22, so that when the arm B is swung back quickly it will easily ride up onto its seat. It is preferably also formed with a shoulder 7 to serve as a stop. The second member 13 comprises an arm 8, having a series of toolholding sockets 2, projecting laterally on both sides thereof, and having a cross-bar 9, to the opposite ends of which are pivoted the members A and. 0. Near the outer end of the member B there is a laterally-projecting rest 10, which supports the outer end of the third member C when the member O-is swung back. A shoulder 11 forms a stop. The rest also is preferably formed with a downwardly-projecting lip 21, so that if the arm B sags a little when it is thrown back it will ride up oveif the lip onto'its'seat. The third member Q comprises an arm 12, provided with laterallyprojecting sockets 2. Each arm,with its sockets, is preferably cast in one piece, so that the sockets are integral with the arm to which they belong.

The two members A and O are pivoted to the opposite ends of cross-bar 9, preferably by means of screw-bolts 13. Thus while the member A will remain in its position fixed to the support 4 the members B and C may be swung around on their pivots at any angle through the half-circle.

As in nearly all bench hand-tools the ban dles are round and are made smaller toward the shank, the sockets 2 are preferably made cylindrical, so that even if the handles of the tools are of difierent sizes the sockets will accommodate the different sizes by allowing the tool to drop down until the size of the handle prevents it going farther.

As nearly all tools have a shank or some portion considerably smaller or thinner than the handle, I preferably form the sockets with a vertical slit 14 in the front side, so that the tool may be easily inserted without being obliged to raise it up above the socket and drop itin from above. Moreover, many tools,

' such as files and tools with blades, are thin enough to admit them through the slit, but are wider than the diameter of their handles or of the soeliets soth'at it would be impos sible to insertthem'ain the holder ifthe sock ets were closed in front.

WVhile I have described my invention as embodied in a three-armed holder, it is obvious that the crossbarQmightbe extended however, the preferred form.

\Vhen the workman is at work, he will have the arms 'of'the holder spread apart, so that he can readily reach anyone of the tools instantly, and when he wishes to temporarily YE-flay aside one of the tools which he-is using he canimmediately replace it in its proper place' ih the rack almostas quickly as he conld'tlirow it down on the Y bench, while bysoireplacing the tool it will be out of his way and imm-edia-telyat hand when wanted again 1'2. Amool holder consisting of'a pluralityof armsea'ch' having tool-holding socket-s projectiirg'laterally therefrom, one ofsaid arms having' m'eans-bywhich it maybe secured to asn-pport, the second'arnrhaving at one end thereof a* cross bar which is pivoted tot-lie first arm, and a third arm pivoted to said cross-bar whereby the secondand'thirdarms may beswung around on their pivots, substa'ntially -as described;

2. A' tool-holder consistingsof "a plurality of arms each having tool-holding sockets projecting laterally therefrom, oneofsaidarms bein giformed wit-h screw-retainin g members by which' it" may be secured-to a support, the seeond arm' havi'ng a crossbar at one end thereofwhich is-pivoted to the fi'rstarm, and

a'tlrird arm pivoted to said cross-bar, whereby each of said arins may be swung around on its pivot, substantially as described.

3. A-tool holder having two members each provided with tool-holding sockets, one'of" said -members having atone end a laterallypro'jecting' arm which ispivoted' to the other me'mber 'so-th'at one member may be folded the swinging member when the latter'is-folded back, substantially as described;

at. A' tool-holder comprising three members, one of'which-consists of a bar having a series oftool-holding sockets projecting laterally from one side thereof'and having ears by which the said arm may be secured to a-support; the secondmember consisting of a bar pivotedto one end ofsaid.first=.menrber, and having a-series oftoollholdingl sockets projecting laterally on both sides of said bar, and the third member consisting of a bar pivoted to said second member andhaving ase- ,ries. of laterally projecting. tool holding sockets; said tool-holdingsockets being in form of a cylinder with a vertical slit in one side, substantially as described.

' 5. A tool-holder comprising a plurality of members, one of which consists of an arm -;prov-ided.with means 'forsecuring it toxa sup- ,port, and havinglaterally projecting toolholding sockets, a second member consisting of an arm having a series of laterally-pro Ejecting tool -'holding"sockets and' having at Zone end acrossbar#wliich is pi-voted toone end of "the first member, ath'i rd mem-beI' con Isisting ofi'an arm having aseries=of.latera:lly-= projectingtool holding sockets and pi-voted at one end to': the 'said cross-barof theses- 0nd member, said seeond 'an'dithirdinembers being adapted toswing' laterallyv on: tlieir "pivots, the= first and second members each: having'near their-outer ends rests for th'esec bud and third in embers when they arebrougliti together, substantially as :des'cribedi I 6. A- tool-holder'hav-ing'two tool-holding, members, one of 'said' members-"having at ons end a laterally-projecting armwhich-ispivoted to the other m'ember so that one mem ber may be folded back alongside oftheoth er,

one of said tool holding members havinga laterally-proj ectihg lip which' formsa seat for-- the swinging member when thelatter isfolded= backan'd aninolined waywhich gnidessaidswinging member ontoit's seat; substantially as de'scribed.

'7. A tool-holder having two=tool h0ldii1g members, one of said'meinb'ers having at one enda laterally-projecting ar-m whiclris piw jotedto the other memberso that one member may be folded back alongside of the'other;

fone of said tool-holding members: having? a laterally-projecting lip which-forms aseatfor fthe swinging member when the'latter is folded back, said lip having an i'nclined waywhich guides said swinging member" onto' its seat and having a shonlderwhich serves asastop for the swinging member, substantially as'described. V

In testimonywhereoEI'have affixed mysignatn re in presence of two witnesses;

GEORGE W. .BOWERS;

Witnesses WILLIAM A. COPELAND, Ronr, WALLACE. 

